Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 5

1-Feb-2010

IRAN

NIOC Executive Warns Of Skills Shortage In Iranian Oil Industry

The Deputy Managing Director for Exploration at the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), Mohsen Amirian has warned in an interview with Mehr News Agency on 23 January of possible stagnation in the Iranian oil industry in the next 10 years because of a growing skills shortage. In the past few years a considerable number of workers have been leaving the oil...